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Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based female sex workers' vulnerability to HIV in India.
Panchanadeswaran, Subadra; Johnson, Sethulakshmi C; Sivaram, Sudha; Srikrishnan, A K; Latkin, Carl; Bentley, Margaret E; Solomon, Suniti; Go, Vivian F; Celentano, David.
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  • Panchanadeswaran S; Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, New York, NY, USA. panchanadeswara@adelphi.edu
Int J Drug Policy ; 19(2): 106-12, 2008 Apr.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18187314
OBJECTIVES: There are no studies that examine street-based female sex workers' vulnerability to HIV from both clients and intimate partners. This study documents street-based female sex workers' experiences of client and intimate partners, examines the intersections of violence, alcohol use in condom use, and highlights survival strategies used to avert harm. METHODS: Ethnographic data were collected from 49 female sex workers through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. RESULTS: Female sex workers experienced multifarious forms of severe client and intimate partner violence. Sexual coercion and forced group sex in the context of alcohol use posed formidable barriers for condom use negotiation. Further, traditional gender norms dictated women's inabilities to negotiate condom-use with intimate partners. However, there was evidence of adoption of successful survival strategies in the face of danger and women's positive evaluations of the benefits of sex work and their contributions to family well-being. CONCLUSIONS: Harm reduction efforts with female sex workers need to account for their vulnerability to HIV from intimate partners in addition to clients. HIV prevention programmes need to include male clients in order to reduce harm among street-based female sex workers. There is an urgent need to build on sex workers' strengths and involve them in designing individual level, community, and structural interventions that could help in reducing women's vulnerability to intimate partner violence and HIV in India.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trabajo Sexual / Violencia / Infecciones por VIH / Reducción del Daño / Sexo Inseguro Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Int J Drug Policy Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA / TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS Año: 2008 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trabajo Sexual / Violencia / Infecciones por VIH / Reducción del Daño / Sexo Inseguro Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Qualitative_research Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Int J Drug Policy Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA / TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS Año: 2008 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Países Bajos